After the experience of Marius and Sylla, the Senate could have paid no
higher compliment to Caesar's character than in believing that he would
hesitate over his answer.
[1] "Caelius ad Ciceronem," _Ad Fam_. viii. 10.
[2] _Ibid_.
[3] Suetonius, _De Vita Julii Caesaris_.
[4] "Marcellus foede do Comensi. Etsi ille magistratum non gesserat, erat
tamen Transpadanus. Ita mihi videtur non minus stomachi nostro ac
Caesari fecisse."--_To Atticus_, v. 11.
[5] "Quod ad Caesarem crebri et non belli de eo rumores. Sed susurratores
dumtaxat veniunt.... Neque adhuc certi quidquam est, neque haec
incerta tamen vulgo jactantur. Sed inter paucos, quos tu nosti,
palam secreto narrantur. At Domitius cum manus ad os
apposuit!"--Caelius to Cicero, _Ad Fam_. viii. 1.
[6] Caelius to Cicero, _Ad Fam_. viii. 8.
[7] _Ibid_., viii. 13.
[8] Caelius to Cicero, _Ad Fam_. viii. 14.
[9] _To Atticus_, vii. 1, abridged.
[10] _Ibid._, vii. 2.
[11] _Ibid._, vii. 3.
[12] _To Atticus_, vii. 4.
[13] "Mihi autem illud molestissimum est, quod solvendi sunt nummi
Caesari, et instrumentum triumphi eo conferendum. Est [Greek: amorphon
hantipoliteuomenou chreopheiletaen] esse."--_Ibid_., vii. 8.
[14] "Inviti et coacti" is Caesar's expression. He wished, perhaps, to
soften the Senate's action.
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